2014–15 LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1

Season	2014–15
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain Handball
Top goalscorer	Mikkel Hansen (201 goals)
Biggest home win	PSG 41–20 Istres (11 February 2015)
Biggest away win	Aix 29–43 PSG (12 December 2014)
Highest scoring	Saint-Raphaël 41–32 Aix (18 August 2013)
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The 2014–15 LNH Division 1 is the 63rd season of the LNH Division 1, France's premier Handball league.

Team information

Dunkerque

PSG

Tremblay

Créteil

Sélestat

Rennes

Nantes

Istres

Chambéry

Toulouse

Montpellier

Nîmes

Aix

St-Raphaël

Locations of the 2014-15 LNH Division 1

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2014–15 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Aix	Aix-en-Provence	Complexe sportif du Val de l'Arc	1,650
Cesson-Rennes	Rennes	Palais des sports de la Valette Le Liberté	1,400 4,000
Chambéry	Chambéry	Le Phare	4,400
US Créteil	Créteil	Palais des Sports Robert Oubron	2,500
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade des Flandres	2,400
Istres	Istres	Halle Polyvalente	2,000
Montpellier	Montpellier	Palais des sports René-Bougnol Park&Suites Arena	3,000 8,000
Nantes	Nantes	Palais des Sports Halle XXL de la Beaujoire	5,000 9,000
USAM Nîmes	Nîmes	Le Parnasse	3,391
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin Halle Georges Carpentier	3,402 4,300
Saint Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël	Palais des sports J-F Krakowski	2,000
Sélestat	Sélestat	CSI Sélestat Rhénus Sport	2,300 5,500
Fenix Toulouse	Toulouse	Palais des Sports André Brouat	4,200
Tremblay	Tremblay-en-France	Palais des sports	1,100

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 LNH Division 1, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aix	Christian Salomez	Zvonimir Serdarušić	Kempa	GTM Sud, Saigi
Cesson-Rennes	Stéphane Clémenceau	Yérime Sylla	Kempa	—
Chambéry	Alain Poncet	Mario Cavalli Jackson Richardson (interim) Ivica Obrvan	hummel	Excoffier, EDF
US Créteil	Jean-Luc Druais	Benjamin Pavoni Christophe Mazel	Kappa	Suez Sita
Dunkerque	Jean Pierre Vandaele	Patrick Cazal	hummel	Dillinger
Istres	Louis Morales	Gilles Derot	Kempa	ville'd Istres
Montpellier	Rémy Lévy	Patrice Canayer	ASICS	Montpellier Agglomération
Nantes	Gaël Pelletier	Thierry Anti	hummel	SOGEA Atlantique
USAM Nîmes	David Tebib	Jérôme Chauvet Franck Maurice	Kappa	piscineprivee, Nîmes
Paris Saint-Germain	Nasser Al-Khelaifi	Philippe Gardent	Nike	gfi
Saint Raphaël	Jean-François Krakowski	Joël Da Silva	hummel	Pizzorno
Sélestat	Vincent Mompert	Jean-Luc Le Gall Christian Gaudin	hummel	Reproland, Galva-Hilo
Fenix Toulouse	Philippe Dallard	Antonio García	hummel	E.Leclerc
Tremblay	Pascal Papillon	David Christmann	hummel	Veolia

League table

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
	Montpellier AHB	14	11	2	1	427	370	+57	24	Qualification to EHF Champions League group stage
	Paris Saint-Germain	14	11	0	3	455	366	+89	22	Qualification to EHF Cup round 2
	Saint-Raphaël VHB	14	9	2	3	440	423	+17	20
4	Chambéry SH	14	8	1	5	376	372	+4	17
5	HBC Nantes	14	7	2	5	391	371	+20	16
6	Cesson-Rennes Métropole HB	14	6	3	5	349	360	−11	15
7	Tremblay-en-France Handball	14	6	2	6	374	383	−9	14
8	Dunkerque HGL	14	7	0	7	357	363	−6	14
9	Fenix Toulouse	14	4	3	7	412	402	+10	11
10	Pays d'Aix UCH	14	4	3	7	378	403	−25	11
11	US Créteil HB	14	3	3	8	383	407	−24	9
12	USAM Nîmes	14	3	3	8	395	413	−18	9
13	Sélestat AHB	14	4	0	10	377	430	−53	8	Relegation to the 2015–16 LNH Division 2
14	Istres OPH	14	2	2	10	371	422	−51	6

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

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Aix		32–29	26–31	29–26	20–27	30–31	22–33	31–36	28–34	29–30	29–35	33–27	27–27	33–28
Cesson-Rennes	24–24		23–21	26–23	21–22	29–21	27–27	25–30	29–27	23–26	23–23	27–31	25–24	25–29
Chambéry	29–28	17–18		28–26	25–24	22–22	29–27	25–24	28–21	33–32	29–26	30–24	33–24	29–30
US Créteil	31–29	25–26	35–31		21–28	24–24	30–34	25–28	28–27	21–29	35–35	41–31	31–28	25–23
Dunkerque	31–23	21–22	17–21	27–26		30–25	24–30	27–25	27–25	27–26	33–36	24–19	27–24	27–18
Istres	28–35	22–26	26–34	26–30	25–32		26–32	29–32	27–35	24–28	32–33	33–27	28–31	26–30
Montpellier	35–28	36–27	32–22	30–24	28–21	38–26		30–21	34–26	28–32	32–28	34–24	31–30	31–30
Nantes	33–25	–	29–30	–	–	33–24	27–27		–	26–27	29–24	30–23	–	–
USAM Nîmes	24–28	25–25	–	27–27	–	–	–	33–31		30–35	–	26–32	33–33	29–21
Paris Saint-Germain	31–27	35–19	–	–	–	–	36–20	33–21	–		–	–	34–31	35–26
Saint Raphaël	–	31–29	–	–	–	–	27–34	–	37–34	32–31		31–22	33–28	32–30
Sélestat	26–29	24–32	29–31	–	24–27	35–30	–	–	–	29–43	–		22–26	–
Fenix Toulouse	–	–	26–23	40–26	33–25	29–30	28–34	25–25	–	–	–	–		32–34
Tremblay	27–27	22–19	–	23–22	27–24	–	–	23–24	–	–	28–28	23–25	–

Number of teams by regions

	Region	No. teams	Teams
1	Île-de-France	3	US Créteil, Paris Saint-Germain and Tremblay
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	3	Aix, Istres and Saint-Raphaël
3	Languedoc-Roussillon	2	Montpellier and USAM Nîmes
4	Alsace	1	Sélestat
	Brittany	1	Cesson-Rennes
	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	1	Dunkerque
	Midi-Pyrénées	1	Toulouse
	Pays de la Loire	1	Nantes
	Rhône-Alpes	1	Chambéry

References

1. Results

External links

• Official site (French)